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The 1060 is slightly faster than the 970, but definitely not enough to worth spending money on it. Just save a little more and get at least the 1070

Agreed. If I find the Pascal cards' drivers allow full boot screen, etc. I'd go for a 1060, but [honestly] it's going to be 1080 or bust. All the strides are being made in the GPU department. Playing the latest games on an eight year old computer eight years ago would be unthinkable.

The 1060 is slightly faster than the 970, but definitely not enough to worth spending money on it. Just save a little more and get at least the 1070

I want to find a 970 to put in this friends old PC I've been commandeering but they retain their value pretty well compared to AMD cards which is a bummer for my wallet

Sneaky Snake, on 06 April 2017 - 11:59 AM, said:

eGPU would work I guess, although it would severely bottleneck the card

From the perspective of someone wanting to do video on a really GPU limited computer it's still an attractive proposition irrespective of the bottleneck. It's just a shame the enclosures are still quite expensive, time will tell I suppose.

My 970 has both a 6-pin and 8-pin but a 6 to 8 pin adapter that came with the card works fine (I thought I was going to need to buy the adapter before the card arrived).

90% of the time, I think that would probably be fine.

My worry would be that at least some models route power through the motherboard (5,1 does). The connectors can actually handle the full 150W, but I don't know about the board (given that some people have been able to trigger emergency shutdowns, it seems like the tolerance is somewhere in between).

Sneaky Snake, on 06 April 2017 - 08:07 PM, said:

The 1060 is slightly faster than the 970, but definitely not enough to worth spending money on it. Just save a little more and get at least the 1070

The point was just that there are options that aren't completely terrible (a faster 970 with more RAM at half the price) for somebody who doesn't want to gamble with adapters (or try to rig up external power). (I'd personally get a 1070 and try to look for one that comes with a combiner.)

My worry would be that at least some models route power through the motherboard (5,1 does). The connectors can actually handle the full 150W, but I don't know about the board (given that some people have been able to trigger emergency shutdowns, it seems like the tolerance is somewhere in between).

The point was just that there are options that aren't completely terrible (a faster 970 with more RAM at half the price) for somebody who doesn't want to gamble with adapters (or try to rig up external power). (I'd personally get a 1070 and try to look for one that comes with a combiner.)

I wouldnt worry about it. The draw on a 1070 is only 150W at full load, and it can get 75W of that through the PCIe bus. Youll be fine.